Music sheet or record for playing attachments for musical instruments.



E. T. TURNBY.

MUSIC SHEET 0R RECORD FOR PLAYING ATTACHMENTS FOB MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

APPLIOATIOI FILED AUG. 26, 1901.

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EUGENE T. TURNEY, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ARTISTA PIANO PLAYER COMPANY, OF MILAN, ILLINOIS A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

MUSIC SHEET OR RECORD FOR PLAYING ATTACHMENTS FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE T. TURNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rock I land, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music Sheets or Records for Playing Attachments for Musical Instruments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in music sheets or records for playing attachments for musical instruments. Heretofore music sheets or records for attachments of this character have been provided with a.

plurality of apertures in their body portions, which apertures cause the respective notes to be sounded as the sheet or record passes across the tracker board. The presence of these apertures not only weakens the sheet or record, but makes it somewhat expensive to manufacture.

To overcome these difficulties and to pro duce an improved music sheet or record which will be durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and efi'ective and eflicient in operation, is the primary object of this invention.

A further object is to provide an improved imperforate music sheet or record which is provided with projections extending beyond the plane of the body portion and through the medium of which the notes will be sounded.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in the construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating the exemplification of the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a detailed plan view of a portion of a music sheet or record constructed in accordance with the principle of this invention, Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified form of the invention, Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view, similar to Fig. 2 of another form of the invention, Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a record sheet showing it wound on the feed and take up rolls or drums of a playing attachment for musical instruments.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26, 1907.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914. Serial No. 390,100.

designates the main or body portion of my improved sheet or record which is preferably of flexible material in the form of a long band or tape which may be wound upon and unwound from any suitable form of rolls or spools commonly used in playing attachments for musical instruments. This sheet or record has a number of projections or portions 11 on one of'its faces, these being raised above the general plane of the sheet itself. The projections are arranged within the edges of the record and preferably extend throughout the entire length thereof. They are generally arranged in longitudinal series and are of a length corresponding to the notes of the piece of music to be played. These projections or portions 11 may be constructed in any desired or suitable manner; for instance, they may be made as separate element or pieces ap plied directly to one face of the sheet 10 by means of cement or other suitable material, so that they will project beyond the body of the sheet from the face to which they are secured, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 6. Or they may be embossed or pressed up from the body of the sheet, as shown in Fig. 3; or, as shown in Fig. 4, they may be made integral with the body sheet itself.

It is customary to mount record sheets of this character upon rolls or drums, such for instance as indicated at 12 and 13 in Fig. (3, whereby when the rolls are rotated the sheet will unwind from the roll 12 and wind upon the other roll 13. The little raised portions or projections 11, traveling with the sheet, serve to control the note or music instrumentalities, generally through the medium of a so-called tracker board. In the drawings (Fig. 6) this tracker board is illustrated in the form of fingers or levers 14, but it is obvious that any suitable or desired form of tracker board may be employed for the purpose. The fingers or levers are generally arranged above the straight reach 15 of the record extending between the two rolls, and are pivoted at 16 so that their forward ends 17 may ride on the projections 11 of the sheet which pass beneath them and their rear end 18 may be connected to the note sounding instrumentalities, either directly or as is customary, to controlling valves or pneumatics. If desired, a suitable sheet supporting block or member 19 may be provided beneath the finger ends 17.

In order that the invention might be fully understood by those skilled in the art, the details of the li'oregoing embodiments thereof have been thug; specifically described, but

What .1 claim a new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A. music :ccord comprising a continuous elongated sheet oil flexible material of uniform thickness and width capable of being freely wound upon and unwound from a spool or drain, and a plurality of separate pieces of material of varying length secured directly to one face 01 said sheet and form- .ing projections rising above said face for controlling sound producing instrumentalities.

2. A music record comprising an imper- "tor-ate elongated sheet of flexible material of uniform width and thickness capable of being freely wound and unwound from a spool or druin and having a plurality of projections of varying length arranged in rows longitudinally of the sheet and rising above one face of said sheet for controlling sound producing instrumentalitics.

In testimony whereof I hare signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing); witnesses, on this lttll day of August A. D. 1907.

EUGENE T. TURNEY.

Witnesses A. L. SPiuNnLn, T. B. Din/Is.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

